ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 208410
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Date: | Tuesday 30 March 1943 |
Time: | 03:12 |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | ED469 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Eilvese, north of Neustadt am Rübenberge -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Fiskerton |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shot down by night fighter pilot Oblt. Hans Krause of the Stab I/NJG 3, flying a Bf 110 or Do 217 from Vechta airfield. Also claimed by heavy Flak units, Flak claim rejected.
Target: Berlin
Call Sign: EA-A
Takeoff time: 21:45
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer George Floyd Mabee RCAF J/12562 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant James Arthur Cross RAFVR 1092054 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Walter Carr RAF 658715 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Reginald William Brown RAF 658431 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Alexander Stewart McLaren RAFVR 970305 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant John Gillian Jewell RAFVR 1334688 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant G A Jones RAF 1411530 [PoW, repatriated]
Associated Pilot : Squadron Leader Derek Cracknell RAF
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://aircrewremembered.com/mabee-george.html Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Mar-2018 12:22 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
30-Oct-2018 04:58 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
29-Mar-2024 07:57 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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